After the automation scripts are written are you done yet? Think again!

After you and the team finish creating/writing all your automation scripts/tests do you think you're done What else do you do or think you need to do to become really "automated"
Just to get your opinions and insights (I'll give mine later) on this.

[Get] Choosing a test automation framewok.
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Test automation framework is a set of rules, procedures, and tools that drive automated testing. One of the main advantages of using a framework is the low cost of maintenance. For any changes to the application, only the concerned test case(s) need to be updated while the rest of the script remains the same.
Some of the most common frameworks are data driven, keyword driven, modular, and hybrid. There are again custom built frameworks that fit to specific needs of the application. Spending enough time on choosing the right framework and designing it is the key to test automation success. A good and robust framework should consider as many assumptions as possible. This will eventually make the framework quite flexible. While it will be difficult to prove due to lack of data but the general belief is that most of the test automation projects fail in the long run as the framework is not flexible enough to adapt to the changes that the application or the environment has undergone.
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Luke

[Get] QTP-automation testing training.
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Quick Test Professional (QTP) is an automated functional Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing tool that allows the automation of user actions on a web or client based computer application. It is primarily used for functional regression test automation. QTP uses a scripting language built on top of VBScript to specify the test procedure, and to manipulate the objects and controls of the application under test.This session cover below topics.
Introduction to Automation
Benefits of Automated Testing
Automated Testing Process
Introduction to QTP and its Salient Features
Environment Supported
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Fiki

[Get] Types of automation frame work.
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This section gives the introduction about test automation framework, various types of the framework and the analysis of the best suitable framework for the application under test (the application under test is referred as AUT). This also includes the detailed description of the format of the input (the input to the framework is referred as the test tables) that is given to our test automation framework. How are frameworks being implemented today by various QA organizations Heres a basic types of test automation currently in use:
Test Script Modularity
Test Library Architecture
Data-Driven Testing
Keyword-Driven or Table-Driven Testing
Hybrid Test Automation

[Get] Introduction of automation.
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The case for automating the Software Testing Process has been made repeatedly and convincingly by numerous testing professionals. Most people involved in the testing of software will agree that the automation of the testing process is not only deable, but in fact is a necessity given the demands of the current market.
A number of Automated Test Tools have been developed for GUI-based applications as well as Mainframe applications, and several of these are quite good inasmuch as they provide the user with the basic tools required to automate their testing process. Increasingly, however, we have seen companies purchase these tools, only to realize that implementing a cost-effective automated testing solution is far more difficult than it appears. We often hear something like "It looked so easy when the tool vendor (salesperson) did it, but my people couldnt get it to work.", or, "We spent 6 months trying to implement this tool effectively, but we still have to do most of our testing manually.", or, "It takes too long to get everything working properly. It takes less time just to manually test.". The end result, all too often, is that the tool ends up on the shelf as just another "purchasing mistake".
The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a clear understanding of what is actually required to successfully implement cost-effective automated testing. Rather than engage in a theoretical dissertation on this subject, I have endeavored to be as straightforward and brutally honest as possible in discussing the issues, problems, necessities, and requirements involved in this enterprise.

How do we prove that testing automation is adding value?
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For the most part, automation testing is regression testing. As such, it should not find defects. However, management is concerned that more than 4 man-years have gone into finding only ten defects over the past year. How do we justify our existance

Want to select a test automation framework
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Hi ,
I want to design a test framework. It should be automated, extended and should be capable to test through the APIs and command line. Please suggest me, which one among TestNG, Perl or Ruby do I need to select.

How testing is getting done for the test automation tools such as QTP?
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I am just curious to know how testing is getting done for the Test automation tools such QTP, Test complete, Test partner, etc.
I think these automation tools are having lot of requirements. So it is bit difficult to manually test everything. So, some kind of test automation will be required.